From eric hill Sent Mon, Mar 15th 1999, 23:14
From eric hill Sent Mon, Mar 15th 1999, 23:14
>hmmmm...Lance giving a Detroit record negative reviews is serious >business:) I wonder what Juan was thinking? I have to believe there was >something behind this latest 'unorthodox' endeavor; dismissing it as Juan >attempting to make a pop record or something would be premature; so again, >I wonder why Juan went in this direction? irony overload :) apparently it's juan's problem that lance didn't like it, and that unorthodoxy in detroit techno is confusing! concerning the vocal r&b component: slow r&b jams are going off really nicely these days and i wish there were more crossover attempts. it's too difficult to get timbaland instrumentals on vinyl as it stands and weirder sounds can only help. eric >> >There's a nice range of styles on offer here -- all the old Juan >> >Atkins trademarks are there, effortlessly mixed into fresh, modern >> >styling. There's sharp/caustic noise; slow/mellow trances; >> >classic/detroit melodies; chilled/ambient dub; crunchy/funky jazz; >> >etc. >> > >> >> I was extremely disappointed with this one. >> There were a few nice detroit tracks reminiscent >> of previous Model 500 or Infiniti releases but, >> for the most part, this album had too much of >> a vocal r&b flavor for my tastes. In fact, the >> vocal r&b flavor was so predominant that >> if i didnt see the label first, i would never >> have guessed that it was techno, let alone >> Model 500. So i passed on it. If i remember >> correctly, the only two tracks that were good >> were the two that Low Res co-produced. >> In my opinion, the Infiniti Skynet album >> that was released a few months ago on >> Tresor, was ten times better than this new >> Model 500 album.